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...average capacity of an average man--154 pounds, is one quart of hundred proof whiskey, Science Magazine says. If you're heavier you can guzzle a little more...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: How Much Did YOU Guzzle Last Night? | 6/11/1949 | See Source »

Many phenomena were hoaxes by practical jokers. A woman in Seattle reported excitedly that a flaming disc had landed on her roof. When examined by federal agents and Navy bomb experts, it turned out to be a 28-in. disc of plywood with two radio tubes and a quart oilcan mounted on pieces of plastic. Painted on the wood were a hammer & sickle and the letters, U.S.S.R. Another "flaming saucer" that spun down from overhead gave Shreveport, La. a good scare, turned out to be a joke by a local prankster who wanted to frighten his boss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Things That Go Whiz | 5/9/1949 | See Source »

...Last month; Hiram Walker got a similar injunction against Sloppy Joe's liquor store in Denver for selling Imperial whisky at $3.99-$4.50 a quart (fair-trade price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Right to Sell | 4/18/1949 | See Source »

There should be approximately one quart of beer available for every freshman at the Freshman Smoker tonight, unless the Smoker Committee has grossly underestimated the number of connoisseurs of the beverage in the Class of 1952. Alcoholic festivities begin at 8:00 p. m. in Memorial Hall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Smoker Starts at 8 p. m. in Mem Hall Tonight | 2/23/1949 | See Source »

Cabbage, Dr. Cheney found, contained a lot of vitamin U, and seemed to keep guinea pigs from getting ulcers. In California Medicine, he reported results of a five-month test on 13 patients. He gave them a quart of cabbage juice a day, squeezed out by a juice presser from fresh raw cabbage. They also got a fairly normal diet. They were given no regular doses of alkalis, and were allowed to smoke all they wanted. All their food was cooked; vitamin U is destroyed by cooking, and Cheney wanted his patients to get it only in the carefully measured...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: U for Ulcers | 1/24/1949 | See Source »

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